Figure Skating: A Celebration

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McClelland & Stewart, 1995 - Sports & Recreation - 298 pages
This book pays homage to the beauty and drama of this vastly popular sport with an informative text, enhanced with over two hundred stunning pictures. The author provides a close-up look at how the world of competitive skating works today, following the path that competitors take through club, regional, junior national and international, and national and international competition to the World or Olympic podium. She also provides a thorough discussion of judging, describing the intricacies of skating's most controversial component.

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A History of Competitive Skating
13
The Rise of the North American Skater after the Second World War
29
Television and the Short Program
49
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